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Help[Opinions] Re: Odysseus
in reply to a message by Realisticmind379
It's ok, very epic...like Journey, Ocean, Jason, Otis but fancier like Aurelius, Amadeus, Thaddeus, or it's like Odin but more human and Greek...not as idiosyncratic as Hercules, Achilles, Prometheus imv - more like Ajax, Atlas, Atreus, Theseus, Leander or somewhere in between.
I don't consider it unusable. I don't consider Ulysses the English form either: one is Latin, the other Greek; I have seen Ulysses more as a name in an English speaking context, but I've heard Odysseus and odyssey spoken aloud more than Ulysses or Penelope. I used to like Odyssey as a GP or girls' MN, and I liked Odessa before the war in Ukraine (now it seems political, whereas it didn't so much before). I like Ulyssa well enough (which is coincidentally very similar to Julissa in sound).
I went through a phase of not liking it due to the meaning, but that's passed. Now I am in a phase of appreciating "negative" meanings for their irony and depth - what does it mean to hate, to be someone who hates or doesn't hate (and what are they hating)? I wouldn't mind if my kid had some innocuous reason like name meaning to think about it.
I don't consider it unusable. I don't consider Ulysses the English form either: one is Latin, the other Greek; I have seen Ulysses more as a name in an English speaking context, but I've heard Odysseus and odyssey spoken aloud more than Ulysses or Penelope. I used to like Odyssey as a GP or girls' MN, and I liked Odessa before the war in Ukraine (now it seems political, whereas it didn't so much before). I like Ulyssa well enough (which is coincidentally very similar to Julissa in sound).
I went through a phase of not liking it due to the meaning, but that's passed. Now I am in a phase of appreciating "negative" meanings for their irony and depth - what does it mean to hate, to be someone who hates or doesn't hate (and what are they hating)? I wouldn't mind if my kid had some innocuous reason like name meaning to think about it.
This message was edited 9/6/2023, 1:54 AM
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